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It's truly amazing how quickly all of this was sorted out, in the course of just a few hours.

Thanks to those who were aware of the Facingbook account of the loss, since I am none too fond of overly-social media; and to Harbor Dive Shop of Sausalito, whose record keeping remains watertight, even during the End of Days . . .

"There is much tradition and mystique in the bequest of personal weapons to a surviving comrade in arms. It has to do with a continuation of values past individual mortality.

"People living in a time made safe for them by others may find this difficult to understand."